Monday, July 6, 2009

Whiny Fun, or "Have I Ever Featured a WoW Insider Comment Before?"

Original post by Scott Andrews starts, in summary, that the hardcores are accusing the new raid lockout feature as Blizzard pandering to casuals while casuals assume it's Blizzard pandering to hardcores.

Commenter Waco:

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWW BLIZZARD IS GIVING US TOO MUCH CONTENT AND TOO MANY OPTIONS

I REMEMBER THE GOOD OLD DAYS WHEN I HAD TO FARM A YEAR STRAIGHT FOR A THORIUM BAR UPHILL IN THE SNOW BOTH WAYS WITH NO MOUNT BECAUSE I WAS 50000G SHORT JUST TO MAKE A COUPLE SILVER FOR SOME MOONBERRY JUICE! YOU KIDS THESE DAYS!

Another commenter chastised him for refusing to be serious, but really, how serious do you need to be about a situation that's so ironic? Both sides accusing each other of being Blizzard's favorite? Waco's joke is classic.

The "I'm not special if you have it" is darn tired. To those folks I say: Me having item-x does not in any way make your gameplay less fun, unless your gameplay is about self gratification - in which case you're better of playing with yourself.

The hardcores, casuals, anyone! can always not use the feature, and therefore never have to deal with it. If your Guild choses to use it, and you don't like that; then change guilds.

I've been playing since January '07 and have several less awesome characters. My real life profession is writing, and I've been married since my junior year of college. Whenever that was.

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Contrary to popular belief, my favorite color is not, in fact, pink. It's blue. But in a game built mainly for guys, I get excited about any girly additions and consider it my duty and my pleasure to gush over them.